I suppose. But that would've been the extent of it. ICE cannot concern itself with only 3 illegals working somewhere. Local cops are told to release them when they're picked up on traffic violations. They usually focus their attention on large industry where clusters of them are working although the Obama admin. has pretty much halted that.
I did however make my stance known when the subject came up. The contractor dragged out the tried and true line of: "They're just here to better themselves." I responded by pointing across the river skyline to a giant industrial plant that pays top dollar to it's employees and said: "I could sneak into that facility and start working but when I'm caught, would they take the attitude of 'He's just trying to better himself so we can't send him home'." He responded with:"Well....." and changed the subject.
My point is that greed (on the part of the employer and the illegal ) is what started the problem. The reason it has'nt been resolved is liberal white guilt and the hope by democrats of having a new voting block.

Mexico sucks, it does. I don't mean the country, I mean the situation it's in. I understand this fully, that a lot of people want immigrants to come in freely because of this. Granted, Mexico isn't even anywhere close to being the worse nation in the world as far as economics is concerned, but it's still kinda bad. Long story short, and I am speaking in layman's terms here so every one gets it, if any country let's illegal immigrants come and go freely, it's not going to make things better for them, it's going to make things suck for us.

Illegals come in, work for less pay than natural born citizens, and get tax exempt jobs because they work "under the table." Obviously, that becomes a ripple affect. Workers hire immigrants for lower wages, natural citizens lose out on job opportunities, they spend less at local grocery stores(or any store for that matter), bigger businesses lose out on money meaning they have to make cutbacks, leaving illegals to come in and take jobs from some of the people laid off because these businesses have to still make production, and basically from there it goes in a circle. You would think this would be the common sense that would rally everyone against illegal immigration, but it's not.

(Ha, ha. OK... we will make it your way. )

I am a Mexican leftist, and probably you wonder if there could be a common agenda between the Mexican left and the US right-wingers, at least in the theme of stopping immigration from Mexicans to the USA.

Well, before 1980 the US-Mexico border looked much different to what is now. If well it never was at the level of the US-Canada border, it was more similar to that than what we have now. I am not speaking just of emigration, but also in this side (Mexico) there was not so much disorder, violence and massive poverty in the border.

There will be time to recount the story of what happened from then to now... I will just say this: It looks like this, because that was the result of an overly-"friendly" relationship between Mexico and the USA. It looks right know exactly, as the corrupt stablishment in Mexico and the USA wants it to be.

Apparently unrelated : Why if 16 or something of the terrorist of 9-11 were Saudies, and the leader was Egyptian, does the USA ended up invading Iraq and Afghanistan.

Because the Saudi and Egyptians regimes are CLIENTS of the US stablishment/goverment.

It is the SAME with Mexico.

Closing the borders? You ALREDY CLOSED THE BORDER ONCE... don't you remember the case Camarena? Apparently it was because that CIA agent (of Mexican origin) was murderen in Guadalajara... but you only could take that meassure with a country, because your Goverment was deeply displeased with it... an at that time, it was that Mexico hat a neutral role during the guerrilla wars in Central America (Guatemala and Nicaragua).

What happenes now that there are countries like Venezuela that try to put their act together and being independent, and exploit their on potential: Harrasment... and not only from the USA, but almost the whole f**k*ng "West"!!

What happens today in Iran? (I hope the Iranians jump one day in the news that they have the nuke).

What happened with China?

The day Mexico really moves its potential with aggressive social measures, it will be harrassed just the same.

I am a Mexican leftist, and probably you wonder if there could be a common agenda between the Mexican left and the US right-wingers, at least in the theme of stopping immigration from Mexicans to the USA.

Well, before 1980 the US-Mexico border looked much different to what is now. If well it never was at the level of the US-Canada border, it was more similar to that than what we have now. I am not speaking just of emigration, but also in this side (Mexico) there was not so much disorder, violence and massive poverty in the border.

There will be time to recount the story of what happened from then to now... I will just say this: It looks like this, because that was the result of an overly-"friendly" relationship between Mexico and the USA. It looks right know exactly, as the corrupt stablishment in Mexico and the USA wants it to be.

Of course that's how our government wants it to be. We already knew this.

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Apparently unrelated : Why if 16 or something of the terrorist of 9-11 were Saudies, and the leader was Egyptian, does the USA ended up invading Iraq and Afghanistan.

Because the Saudi and Egyptians regimes are CLIENTS of the US stablishment/goverment.

It is the SAME with Mexico.

Apples and oranges. For one thing, America has a longer history with Mexico than in dealing with the countries of the Middle East.

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Closing the borders? You ALREDY CLOSED THE BORDER ONCE...

Too bad it couldn't stay closed.

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don't you remember the case Camarena? Apparently it was because that CIA agent (of Mexican origin) was murderen in Guadalajara... but you only could take that meassure with a country, because your Goverment was deeply displeased with it... an at that time, it was that Mexico hat a neutral role during the guerrilla wars in Central America (Guatemala and Nicaragua).

I knew that the CIA would come into this eventually. But the CIA is an agency of the U.S. government, controlled by the same corrupt political forces which apparently want the borders to remain open and for millions to come pouring over into the U.S. illegally.

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What happenes now that there are countries like Venezuela that try to put their act together and being independent, and exploit their on potential: Harrasment... and not only from the USA, but almost the whole f**k*ng "West"!!

Venezuela has been independent for nearly two centuries.

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What happens today in Iran? (I hope the Iranians jump one day in the news that they have the nuke).

Why? You want a nuclear war?

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What happened with China?

At this point, China seems to be carrying our debt, which helps pay for all that harassment and other international intrigue you mentioned. A strange world we live in, isn't it?

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The day Mexico really moves its potential with aggressive social measures, it will be harrassed just the same.

I can provide documentation of everything I say.

Aren't you saying that Mexico has already been harassed by the U.S.? It seems it would be the same either way, whether Mexicans try to improve their own country or not.

Come on Jose,Mexico has been a cesspool way before 1980,nice try though.

Ain't that the truth. Here's a recent article which talks about our neighbor to the south.

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In Juarez, people have been lined up against a wall and shot to death. Victims' limbs have been cut off. Bodies have been left to rot in the streets or buried in shallow desert graves. Gunbattles break out in broad daylight, with children and other innocents caught in the crossfire. Residents are afraid to leave their homes.

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A grisly war involving Mexico's ruthless drug cartels has killed as many as 4,000 of Juarez's nearly 1.5 million people over the past two years, making it one of the most dangerous cities in the world.

My thinking isn't racial on this subject, but I do think that illegal immigration is a problem. They always say that they "do jobs that Americans wouldn't want" and that our food would cost so much more, but I don't see it that way. Basically, employers that hire illegal immigrants are crooks that want people to exploit. They undercut the American workers. They should hire Americans to do those jobs, pay them a fair wage, and accept a legal and realistic profit for themselves. Not only that, but these illegal immigrants are causing financial hardship for the states that they're flooding into. I've been asked whether or not I'd feel the same way if these illegal immigrants were coming from Canada (if they were white). Yes, I would. It's not racial to me at all. If any illegal immigration goes unchecked, it could seriously destabilize the country.

Remittances, or contributions sent by Mexicans living abroad, mostly in the United States, to their families at home in Mexico, are a substantial and growing part of the Mexican economy; they comprised $18 billion in 2005.[24] In 2004, they became the second largest source of foreign income after crude oil exports, roughly equivalent to foreign direct investment (FDI) and larger than tourism expenditures; and represented 2.5 percent of the nation's Gross Domestic Product.[25] The growth of remittances has been remarkable: they have more than doubled since 1997. Recorded remittance transactions exceeded 41 million in 2003, of which 86 percent were made by electronic transfer.[26]

Wikipedia's source for this information was from the 2004 annual report of the Bank of Mexico, and I have no reason to suspect that the information is inaccurate. There are a lot of Mexicans in the United States who send money back to Mexico, and it's clearly a major source of foreign income for Mexico.

Are you seriously trying to claim that Mexicans are not sending money back to Mexico? Or is it that you just don't believe that the amount they send is that significant?

Come on Jose,Mexico has been a cesspool way before 1980,nice try though.

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cess·pool (sspl) n.
1. A covered hole or pit for receiving drainage or sewage, as from a house.
2. A filthy, disgusting, or morally corrupt place.

Well, in this cesspool is were still many Americans choose to spend their last years. Mexico is the country that most American expatriates has in the world (i.e. where more Americans outside the USA live).

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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - In the past 10 years, new Mexican beach resorts have attracted a flood of American expatriates to retirement and second home communities.

Last year, the Dallas Morning News reported that more than 1 million Americans now live in Mexico, at least part time, five times the number of 10 years ago. The U.S. State Department reported in October 2004 that 385,000 live there year round. That number is almost certainly higher today.

"Mexico is a foreign setting with a familiar accent," Bruce Greenberg, an appraiser/market consultant for Mexican real estate, who cites Mexico's proximity and hospitality as two big draws for Americans.

I will leave to the @General Lee a great list of Expats living in Mexico (I even see that there are forums for women too, I wonder why the "Mexican gangsta" have not raped and murder them all ). Here, he could train his rethoric and try to convince these Americans that they have to flee Mexico, before the muds of the cesspool eat them completedly... @Anayansi could try to convince them to go to Panama.

I for one, not worried if the Americans construct an electrified fence in the border. Actually, I think that they are delayed too much in the project.

I think that Mexico have to looks south and form an alliance with Venezuela, Brazil and Brasil, to develop the South.

The most violent and miserable part of Mexico, is precisely the US border. Recently it was revealed that Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez (border cities) are more violent cities (by far) than Bagdad or any Colombian city.